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i Surplus o® • 2c3o5 Sick and Management or Deficiency Name of Society and Branch. _ . 0 ? of , gSg J>,§8 rH . Total Worth. Funeral Fund, acd per Member in J Establishment, g «a 2 £|s5 6 including other Funds, Benefit Funds Surplus. Goods, &c. at Last H eōQ Valuation. P.A.F.S.A. Grand Council of New Zealand— £ £ £ £ Central Body .. .. Dunedin .. .. .. 20,915 20,312 603 * Prince of Wales Lodge .. Thames .. 1873 15 283 280 3 -12-45 Queen's Own „ .. Christchurch 1874 158 1,543 1,525 18 -11-62 Loyal Excelsior „ .. Dunedin .. 1876 132 3,241 3,115 126 + 2-03 Wickliffe „ .. Napier .. 1877 7 963 948 15 +31-08 John Knox „ .. Wellington.. 1879 40 1,993 1,963 30 +14-03 Alexandra „ .. Mount Eden 1879 56 3,711 3,543 168 +15-33 Triumph „ .. Dunedin .. 1883 170 4,469 4,338 131 + 6-98 Valley True Blue „ .. „ .. 1883 215 3,283 3,104 179 + 9-61 Star of Hastings ,, .. Hastings .. 1883 35 1,700 1,666 34 +19-94 Star of Oamaru ,, .. Oamaru .. 1886 66 4,665 4,567 98 +24-27 St Albans „ .. Onehunga .. 1896 19 2,196 2,170 26 +54-80 Star of Southland „ .. Invercargill 1926 37 257 220 37 + 5-29 Gilchrist „ .. Wanganui E. 1927 34 136 135 1 Total of Order .. .. .. 984 49,355 47,886 1,469 + 7-75* G.U.O.O.F. OF NEW ZEALAND. Central Body .. .. Wellington.. .. .. 3,011 3,011 Auckland District .. .. Auckland .. 1925 .. 8 .. 8 Wellington District .. .. Wellington .. 1925 .. 25 .. 25 Newtown Alpha Branch .. „ 1922 73 36 10 26 Miramar ,, .. „ .. 1922 49 46 .. 46 Petone Pioneer ,, .. Petone .. 1922 79 29 5 24 Ponsonby United ,, .. Auckland .. 1923 54 65 50 15 Grafton United ,, .. „ .. 1923 11 22 .. 22 Star of Lower Hutt „ .. Lower Hutt 1924 44 67 31 36 Loyal Central „ .. Wellington.. 1925 116 155 34 121 Star of Newtown ,, .. „ , 1926 18 19 13 6 Ellerslie United ,, .. Ellerslie .. 1928 9 44 44 Pride of the Valley ,, .. Petone .. 1929 13 10 3 7 Loyal Ryde „ .. Karori .. 1930 19 23 21 2 Loyal William Bain „ .. Wellington .. 1930 62 55 35 20 Loyal Onslow ,, .. Khandallah 1931 18 17 3 14 Arahina „ .. Johnsonville 1931 20 13 6 7 Total of Order .. .. .. 585 3,645 3,266 379 - 0-74 Other Societies. Fountain of Friendship Lodge .. Auckland .. 1844 579 66,941 58,666 8,275 + 31-75 Eden Temperance Benefit F.S. Parnell .. 1874 17 5,260 5,260 .. +202-28 Auckland Transport Club .. Auckland .. 1905 911 2,523 1,238 1,285 - 19-03 Wellington Corporation Tramways Wellington.. 1909 312 4,855 4,804 51 + 3-26 and Electric Lighting F.S. Canterbury (N.Z.) Seed Co., Ltd., Christchurc*h 1922 25 589 473 116 + 1-27 Employees' S. and B.F.S. Auckland City Council Employees' Auckland .. 1927 125 417 341 76 Voluntary Sick and Accident Society Wellington Municipal Employees' Wellington.. 1929 1,437 2,356 1,792 564 Sick Benefit and Death Levy Society Total .. .. .. .. 3,406 82,941 72,574 10,367 Grand total .. .. .. 105,660 4,277,715 3,965,149 312,566 * Sick Fund only.